For the 82nd Year, readers can test their dairy judging skills

Feed costs range from $8 to $10 per hundredweight.

Net farm incomes are rising in the West, according to reports assembled by Frazer, LLP. However, profits must continue for the foreseeable future in order to recover from the substantial losses that took place during 2008 and 2009. Read more

77 percent of state’s production is now made into nonperishable products

Emerging from the rubble of the dairy industry’s economic collapse in 2009, California milk production is not only bouncing back, but the state is also reinventing itself as a global exporter of products. Read more